The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660The history of the British Isles is the story of four peoples linked together by a process of state building that was as much about far-sighted planning and vision as coincidence, accident and failure. It is a history of revolts and reversal, familial bonds and enmity, the study of which does much to explain the underlying tension between the nations of modern day Britain. The Making of the British Islesrecounts the development of the nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland from the time of the Anglo-French dual monarchy under Henry VI through the Wars of the Roses, the Reformation crisis, the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the Anglo-Scottish dynastic union, the British multiple monarchy and the Cromwellian Republic, ending with the acts of British Union and the Restoration of the Monarchy.
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... Elizabeth did an English monarch again have the opportunity and the resources to shape a forward policy . ' She seems to me ' , wrote Philip II's ambassador , ' incomparably more feared than her sister , and gives orders and has her way ...
... Elizabeth struggled to balance the books . Worse still , customs revenue which , thanks to Mary's reforms , had ... Elizabeth's last five years , but should have been worth far more had the Book of Rates been revised in line with ...
... Elizabeth . John Knox now decided that in Elizabeth's case God might make an exception and allow the regiment of women so that she could restore the Gospel , but few were persuaded that a Protestant queen was any better than a Catholic ...
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The Making of the British Isles: The State of Britain and Ireland, 1450-1660 Steven G. Ellis No preview available - 2007 |